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Shelf Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast hosted by Allen Tiller & Lee Speed. Allen Tiller is an award-winning, best-selling paranormal historian, and Lee Speed is a children's adventure writer.Shelf Employed explores life on – and off – the bookshelf, diving into the worlds of writing, creativity, small business, and the realities of being “shelf employed” in today’s gig economy. Each episode will feature candid conversations about books, storytelling, self-publishing, community, and the many side hustles that help keep creative dreams alive.
Allen Tiller & Lee Speed hosts Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast, a arts show with 14 episodes published.
In this episode, Lee and special guest Eliza give Allen a rundown of their recent visit to Open Book Howdens printing facility. This tour was facilitated through Writers SA, and featured a guest author presentation, a to
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In this episode of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast, Allen Tiller and Lee Speed chat with Janette Menhenett, who publishes under the pseudonym J. R. Brydon. Janette is a poet, author, event organiser, podcast
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Allen and Lee talk all things children's book publishing with children's author Cristy Fopp! My Dad Can is a children’s book that celebrates all thewonderful things “my dad” can do, regardless of his circumstances. He ca
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Writing a foreword offers a valuable chance to introduce a book, provide personal insight, and connect with readers from the very beginning. Whether written by a mentor, industry expert, or colleague, a well-structured f
Show notesIn Episode 12 of Shelf-Employed, the Indie Publishing Podcast, Allen and Lee discuss how the publishing industry has changed with many authors choosing to adopt the self-publishing model, or a hybrid of traditional and s
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On this episode, Allen and Lee discuss South Australia's History Festival and delve into who the first published authors in South Australia were (male and female); who was the first South Australian Aboriginal author, an
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Episode 10 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast -‘Show Me the Money!” On this episode, Lee and Allen talk about getting paid – Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Right (ELR), Copyright Agency,
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Episode 10 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast - ‘Show Me The Money!” On this episode, Lee and Allen talk about getting paid – Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Right (ELR), Copyright Agency
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On this episode, Allen returns to the microphone. Lee and Allen discuss book fairs: - what to ask, what to bring, payments, insurance and a lot more! We talk about The Indie Verse Book Fair at Estonian House, North Adela
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In episode 8 of Shelf-Employed, Lee and Cody speak to Andre and Melissa Hattingh, the creative duo behind Love andShadows and Shadow of Ruin, the first two books in The Donare Series. Their journey as storytellers is sha
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Judy Gillett-Ferguson published her first novel, The German Teacher, in her early 80's - proof you're never too old to publish a book. The German Teacher is set in a fictional town near Angaston in the Barossa Valley. In
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Eliza is a South Australian Children's Author who works as anurse and is a mum. Her interests are cooking, painting and music. She loves spending time with family and friends, and in her spare time, she loves to write st
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Welcome to episode five of Shelf Employed: TheIndie Self-Publishing Podcast – Allen is still M.I.A., so Cody Davies has gracefully stepped into his glittery shoes to co-host. On this episode, Lee and Cody speak with auth
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Welcome to episode 4 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast; From Page to Screen - with indie author, Portia Stanton-Noble. This episode is hosted by Lee Speed, with special guest host Cody Davies. Our special g
Show notesFor episode 3 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast, we recorded live at the Gawler Fringe! Our thanks to Alpacaccinos and Twig and Bloom on Murray Street, Gawler, for hosting us, and thanks to all those who ca
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In this episode, we hear Allen Tiller's publishing journey, from a low point of a publisher who got EVERYTHING wrong, to self-publishing, and the high point of becoming a best-selling author. #AllenTiller #selfpublished
Show notesIn our first episode, we discuss what our podcast is about, and what we want it to be, plus Lee Speed Author tells us about her publishing journey so far!
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